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Gene discovery may lead to non-hormonal male birth control pill

Op-Ed: Is the world running out of morons? Global panic may be only hope

Ex-priest accused of child sex abuse gets job with TSA

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Celebrate World Water Day on March 22, 2012

Calgary - World Water Day is celebrated on March 22, 2012 across the world. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations coordinates world Water Day 2012 and this year the theme is Water and Food Security: The World is Thirsty Because We are Hungry.

In the Media by Grace C. Visconti - 11 comments

Tons of Philippine freshwater fish killed due to lack of oxygen

More than 500 tons of freshwater fish including milk fish and tilapia have drowned in commercial fish cages in Talisay, Batangas and Bolinao, Pangasinan in Luzon Island, Philippines, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)

In the Media by Leo Reyes - 6 comments

Freshwater bodies are a larger source of methane than expected

According to a recent international study, lakes, rivers and other freshwater bodies emit unexpected amounts of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Indirectly, this could impact the expected effects of reforestation programs to fight climate change.

In the Media by Jose Neves

Op-Ed: Pharmaceutical diets yield cellular dangers in the water supply

Why a photograph during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina speaks in its thousand words on the nature of pharmaceutical dependence and what that dependence means for freshwater supplies and for human health.

In the Media by Michael Krebs

Op-Ed: Great Lakes Cleanup a Priority For Both Environmental and Economic Reasons

For decades, Great Lakes pollution has been ignored, despite the health consequences. But politicians, especially the next U.S. president, should not ignore the environmental and economic impact a Great Lakes cleanup could do for future generations.

In the Media by David Silverberg - 8 comments

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Watch: Scientists Reach Subglacial Freshwater Lake

After two decades of drilling, Russian crews reach Antarctica's Lake Vostoc.

Arctic freshwater bulge detected

UK scientists use radar satellites to measure a huge dome of fresh water that is developing in the western Arctic Ocean.

Russia reaches lake buried deep in Antarctic

After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million years -- a lake that may hold life from the distant past and clues to the search for life on other planets.